Educational Spinoffs of Popular NES Games (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

[@rho-starmkl4483]

SpongeBob: Educational videogames?! OH NO! *WAAAAAAAAH…!!* Mrs. Puff: I think that stopped him…

[@jorotroid]

You can solve things in exercise mode in Donkey Kong Jr. Math. You have to go to the rope with the bird on the right, the bird will move and the box that was above it will start flashing. Then you can move up and down the rope to change the value and move over to the next rope to lock it in. The bird will keep moving to the next rope you need to go to after you have set a place value. Once you fill all the boxes in and if you got the answer right, the bird on the left will lay an egg that will land next to the round number. If you didn't get it right, things will rewind to the spot where you made your first mistake and once you get it right, the left bird will not lay an egg. Things seem to just freeze after 10 rounds, but you can press select to go to the main menu. Also, I got this game like 20 years ago at a swap meet when I first started to actively try to collect NES games (as opposed to trying to just find games that I would like). I build some pretty good rapport with the people at the stall that I bought games from. When i noticed this game, they told me that it was a pretty rare game and charged me like $50 for it. Looking at Price Charting now, the records don't go back 20 years, but I think the earliest price on there is like $11, so I definitely overpaid for it back in the day, haha. At least now the game now costs more than what I bought it for back then (including inflation).

[@BigOleWords]

Man that is a long term investment right there!

[@ChaossX77]

Wow the graphics and animation, like the hat bouncing when Mario jumps, is impressive and really close to SNES game like you said.

[@CrossPlatforming]

Whoa. I completely forgot I had Firehouse rescue when I was little but it was for DOS. I remember having to line up the little ladder to get the cat.

[@BigOleWords]

For what it is, it's kinda fun!

[@joshuaabe4832]

Seseme Street 1, 2, 3 was straight fire. Astro Grover was great.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha a man of fine taste right here!

[@mattalan6618]

@@BigOleWords every child's dream is to have their parents crush them at video games

[@TheEternalGoth]

Ernie's Big Splash was so damn fun! I unironically loved playing that even into my teens.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha love it!

[@TheEternalGoth]

@@BigOleWords It's basically Pipe Dream, but with more of a rube goldberg feel.

[@BigOleWords]

@@TheEternalGoth Hahahaha that's such an accurate description! Pipe Dream is one I'll get to at some point...

[@goodmorningretro6290]

Great video! I'm still missing some of these...it's a weird feeling hunting for these types of games.

[@BigOleWords]

Yes it is!! A lot of “what am I doing with my life” thoughts.

[@GenerationPixel]

I love stuff like this, and so worth while to collect for, from a history preservation point of view. You are a hero to the Educational Games Genre 😎🤓🕹

[@BigOleWords]

Haha I’m awaiting my Nobel Prize :)

[@onemorequarter1087]

Didn't even know half these games existed. Glad I didn't get any for Christmas lol. Excellent video. Cheers

[@BigOleWords]

That’s what I’m here for!

[@DadRacer]

Sweet video dude! I was happy to see some love be tossed in Legacy of the Wizard's direction. Mario is Missing is my worse Blockbuster Video rental of all time. Not a fun weekend in the video game department.

[@BigOleWords]

I had the same experience with Time Machine, and I remember convincing myself it was actually really fun.

[@famicomkun]

Parasol stars was originally realeased on the pc engine cd, I think that was 2 players.

[@alexshadowfax1119]

My 3 year old loves the mickey in safari land game, he played it for weeks and we worked on his alphabet skills at the same time, I was surprised it actually worked lol

[@BigOleWords]

That’s awesome! My daughter is close to that age and I’ll definitely try it with her

[@alexshadowfax1119]

@@BigOleWords I've honestly found that if you don't mind the violence, beat em ups are best for young kids, My son struggles quite a bit with Mario but final fight and Streets of rage he can actually get through a few stages on his own. Enjoy gaming with your daughter, it can be very fun. Love your channel!

[@Gatorade69]

A bit off topic but when you mention that the Sesame Street game was made by Rare it made me think about another rare Rare title, or at least I think It's very underrated, not well known and I never see anyone talk about it at all. Digger T. Rock. I haven't played it since I was a kid but it still stands out in my mind as a game that I really enjoyed. Also Mickey Mousecapades... That game is an incredibly frustrating platformer. I still got some enjoyment out of it.

[@BigOleWords]

I’ve only touched on Digger briefly but I’ll probably cover it one day :)

[@Riz2336]

Only a hardcore collector would want these

[@BigOleWords]

We are a strange and despicable lot!

[@geraq0]

I have to admit I played Mario's Time Machine on the SNES. As an adult. And I enjoyed it.... Anyway, there is a bootleg Super Mario World for the NES which covers up to the first castle, it was okay I guess despite lacking a ton of features of the original SNES version.

[@BigOleWords]

The graphics got Time Machine are pretty awesome so I can see how that could translate to a SMW hack for sure.

[@FalcOHNO]

DK Jr. Math wasn't so bad. I enjoyed it.

[@rmcoutinho]

Ah

[@michaelturner2806]

I could've sworn Mario Teaches Typing was released for the Famicom using the keyboard that came with BASIC, but nope, apparently it was only for DOS, Windows, and Mac. Even if it was, it wouldn't have been an NES game technically.

[@BigOleWords]

That would’ve been cool though!…sorta :)

[@oldschoolgamesstories]

Great video man! I didn’t realize Donkey Kong Jr. Math had gotten so expensive, that’s crazy for a terrible game.

[@BigOleWords]

Woof I just looked up Color a Dinosaur and it’s just as bad!

[@opaljk4835]

The absolute dumbest part of video game collecting is terrible games fetching absurd prices. It’s kind of unique to it too. You don’t commonly find universally reviled albums fetching giant numbers

[@leozar69]

Donkey Kong.. 💭 My favourite version is the GameBoy version. Mario is an acrobat First time I played it was at an arcade, and I had fun. Next time I played it, was a rental. But than I got a GameBoy ♥ I received Donkey Kong for the GameBoy, and I played nonstop 😊 I even remember playing it 0on my Super GameBoy for my SNES 😄

[@BigOleWords]

It’s still super fun to play to this day :)

[@leozar69]

@@BigOleWords Dude it really is 😄 I just find it strange that, I haven't seen any videos talking about the GameBoy version. I wonder why 🤔 It's the superior version in my book ♥

[@NESADDICT]

Burning through the backlog!

[@pepijn23]

Fun fact: Big Bird Hide & Speak was created by Vince Desi and Michael Riedel. I’m not making this up, look it up. Yes, the creators off Postal (one off the most violent games ever made) used to make educational games.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha no way!

[@pepijn23]

@@BigOleWords It’s true. But while Desi wasn’t involved in the development, he did lead the projects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(company)

[@paolonavarro8318]

Actually in 1993, exclusive to PAL regions, was released a more faithful port of the Mario Bros. Arcade game, Mario Bros. Classic, with the enenies demos from the arcade version and better graphics in general, but by no reason this version wasn't had re releases

[@BigOleWords]

I actually talked about it recently: NES PAL Exclusives: SUPER MARIO BROS / TETRIS / NINTENDO WORLD CUP kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHStqmCmoLmgmLc

[@paolonavarro8318]

@@BigOleWords already seen it, no mention to the game, just this odd release of SUPER Mario Bros.

[@BigOleWords]

@@paolonavarro8318 Whoops that's my bad! You're absolutely right, I have the cartridge but haven't reviewed the Mario Bros Classic Serie yet. Sorry about that!

[@garysscaryfaeries3046]

Who knew Gary Bettman was in so many nes games.

[@NESADDICT]

I have a few of the fisher price games.

[@miguelovejero8811]

Amazing channel

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks so much!

[@jeffdaigle5487]

By chance do you have where in time is Carmen san Diego? The game came with a encyclopedia 😂. When I got it I was like bummer, then I played it. It's my top 5 fav games for sure. Funny thing is when I got in trouble my mom made me read that encyclopedia. I thank her now😂

[@BigOleWords]

With the encyclopedia an everything! I played that game ALL THE TIME on DOS.

[@retronian8467]

11:26 what about Gyromite? That game was automatically two player

[@BigOleWords]

Hahah you’re absolutely right! I’ll have to mention both games in one of my 2-player videos.

[@retronian8467]

@@BigOleWords yeah keep the vids coming

[@SoulforSale]

I'd play an open world Sesame Street game.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha me too!

[@lusr2923]

13:31

[@mattalan6618]

there is a rom hack someone made of one of the NES sesame street games that shows Ernie in is birthday suit

[@BigOleWords]

WHY?!

[@mattalan6618]

@@BigOleWords the hacker never said. i dont remember the name of the hack though cause its been a few years. maybe he's sick in the head or something

[@alexhydell3608]

Noice

[@alexhydell3608]

Is "scarecer" a word?

[@BigOleWords]

Scarcer is! Does it say that in the close captioning?

[@alexhydell3608]

I was just kidding. It just sounded weird. Keep it up man I love your videos and streams!

[@目は心の鏡]

Collectors love to talk about how much they waste money on games as opposed to their wife or kids but that’s not a joke. Get your priorities straight. Those games might be fun to collect but 75 bucks on a game you’ll never play Is just a horrible financial choice. Collecting is just organized hoarding. Look up the definition for collection, one of the synonyms is indeed hoard. Sorry I’m a minimalist and only own like 60 things total (yes I count every one of possessions). Life is a lot more freeing without the junk. I’m so glad I got rid of my various collections like games, records, instruments, etc. We work our lives away to buy junk. It’s a horrible existence and that’s from experience. I could buy anything I wanted (practically) but none of it ever made me happy.

[@Raja-nv2cm]

It’s absolutely none of your girlfriends business what you spend your money on! I mean, it’s really none of her goddamn business, and the more she acts up the further away she gets from an engagement ring! Arcade